Hanscom Park, Omaha, Nebr.

Color postcard (14 x 9 cm.) with a view of a lake in Hanscom Park, located at 3201 Woolworth Avenue in Omaha, Nebraska. There is a fountain in the lake at the center-left of the image and three people on a wheel boat on the center-right side of the image. The source of the fountain's spray appears to be at the surface level of the water in the lake.

One of Omaha's oldest parks is Hanscom Park. The 50 acre tract was donated to the city in 1872 by Andrew J. Hanscom and James Megeath. The park is located in what was then the extreme southwestern part of the city. It is currently bordered by Avenues Woolworth on the north, Park on the east, Ed Creighton on the south and 32nd on the west. 1889 saw considerable changes to the park. Noted landscape architect H.W.S. Cleveland introduced a more natural look. Park commissioners in 1898 stated that the park now boasted 2 lakes, a cascade, several flower beds, fountains, paved roads and mature trees. Source: Savage, James, History of the city of Omaha, Nebraska, Chicago: Munsell & Company, c1894, p. 437.